Windshield clearer



S C WOL-FE WINDSHIELD CLEARER orlglnal Flled June 6 1917 Dec. 8,

Patented Dec. 8, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT, OFFICE.

SAMUEL G. WOLFE, OF ANGOLA, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO FERNALD MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF NORTHEAST, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION.

WINDSHIELD OLEAEER.

Original application filed June 6, 1917, Serial No. 173,146. Divided and this application filed October 14,

To all whom it may concern v v Be it known that I, SAMUEL C. WOLFE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Angola, in the county of Steuben and State of 'Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Windshield Clearers,'of which the following is a specification.

This invention comprises an improved windshield clearing device of the type'disclosed in my Letters Patent No. v1,171,377, granted February 8, 1916, and the particular improvement which is covered by this application is the auxiliary inside wiper which can be applied to the device so that the outside and the inside surfaces'of the windshield will both be simultaneously cleared when the device is operated. I

This application is a division of my copending application for a windshield clearer, filed June 6, 1917, Serial Number 173,146. The improvements in the arch construction are covered by the claims of the said copending application, while the auxiliary inside wiper is covered by the claims of this plied thereto.

divisional application.

While in my prior patented device I em ploy wiper members only for the outer surface of the shield, in this device I may adhere to the same principle of construction and operation, except that I have made provision for equipping the clearing device with an auxiliary wiper adapted to operate on. the inner surface of the windshield. while the outer wiper members are operating upon its outer surface. If, therefore, the innerwiper is desired, by reason of the novel construction of this invention it may be supplied as a part of the specific equipmentof my general clearing device, whereas if it is not so desired the clearing device may be supplied.

' wire bent into somewhat U-form. A clamping plate 2 is riveted to the outer portion of without an inner wiper as a partthereof.

The provisions for the foregoing construction and operation of the invention involve the employment of an inner wiper member which is detachably fitted-to the handle of my main clearing device in such a manner that the handle may readily oo-act in the.

customary way disclosed in my previous patent, with the inner surface of the windshield,

as by a direct pressure bearing thereon when the inner wiper is not used. On the other hand, if the inner wiper is to be used its detachable connection with the handle is such Serial No. 594,422.

that the anchorage bearing of the handle against the inner side of the windshield is established through the said inner wiper member directly contacting with the glass of the shield. As respects this feature of the invention, it is noticeable that the inner wiper member is mounted in a peculiar rocking manner upon the handle, and as a result said wiper member is adapted to readily accommodate itself to inequalities in the surface of the windshield, and likewise has movement which admits of great ease in positioning the inner and outer wiper members respectively to one another for facilitating the attachment of the clearing device tothe windshield.

With the foregoing and. other objects in view the constructionand operation of my invention will be. readily understood upon reference to the following detailed descrip- H011; and accompanying drawings, inwhich:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a clearing deviceof a type which is adapted to have the, auxiliary inside wiper detachably ap- Figure 2 is a view of the detachable inner wiper member and the attaching parts therefor.

. Figure 3 is a side elevation of the clearing device with the inside wiper applied thereto.

Figure 4C is an enlarged sectional view through the portion of the handle to which the auxiliary wiper is applied, portions of .the auxiliary wiper being also shown.

As seen in Figure 1, my device comprises parts. equivalent to a large extent to the similar parts shown in the device of myprev ous patent, including primarily the outer main wiper members .1, disposed in spaced relation andmade from a single length of the spring arch 3 to attach the unit comprisingthe wiper members 1 to said arch. The

wiper members lare supplied with theusual broad in order that itwill have a broad bear- 'ing against the edge of the shield with which it engages. The object of this broad bearing is to maintainthe device-in a substantially vertical position -as.it is moved'toand fro across the surface of the shield in its clearing action.

To'th-e inner end of the arch 3 is attached the handle 4 preferably made from a length of wire bent upon itself intermediate its ends to provide said portions formed with lateral extensions .5 passing through openings in flanges 3 bent to provide channellike elements at the inner end or side of the arch 3.

(,Preierably the channel portions of the flanges 3 are of greater area thanthe thicknee slef thezspeeed esicle p rtions ef-the :ha dl ei so th t the. h ndle; is pe m ted to h v ae r ainenieuntofplay-.p vo yreepeet ng th -members Normallydww eua co l springfi encircling 1a pintle 7. on the flanges 3?, and having connection at one end as cseen at 6 with ,thehflndlee tends to force th ha dle in :the i ec io the ipe members 1. The spring-6 is relied upon to exert suflioient resilient pressure upon :the

handle tocreate that degree of pressure of the extremity .8 of said handle, and the ,wip,er, 1,11e1nbers 1, acting upon the opposite sides of the wind shield, to anchor or hold theclearing device in. a proper normal posiid n rthat my elea ina d ic m v be di ,poS nnn. windshi d with theie 3 nppe lnqst a h vi e'its broad bea insn ;,spaeed-.pointsx,on the.:upper 0st-,.edee ,of the frameofjthe shield, the parts 1 and L depending from the, arch. .Onthe other hand,

if desire by pr p din tmen Q the windshie eeetions the member -1 an e I v fbeeclispe ed' in-ar upwerd'd r tie th e e .SreQ v d be wee h edge of zth elae r s ctions of the vs ield and e .in erteda rangeme t of the l-eerine d vice obta ne i which position i -wi b .i 11 es fieet v a when in the vnesition firs mentioned Th thi ness .of thecarch 3 pe m ts of this latter varran,r'ernent of the device totbeobtainec the actual ruse of the 'dev eea 11 stdescribed i is to'fbe understood that therelati ve movementof the parts 3 andt owingto the c nn ion-,5. facilit tes the a tachment v of the deviceto the windshield without ungdue str a'i n,,upon theparts and when abnor- .mal :pressnreof, the vwipermembers 1 onthe @OgLLlZQIiSIlIfflQGQf the shield is desired to efiect said;attachmenteompltisi gehree et a an thorough clearing of the surface it will be evident that by pulling inwardly on the hand-lee the upper outer portions of the handle will so abut with the arch 3 as to inereaseth esi ient p ssured th arch ae ing upon the members 1, in an obvious manner.

The inner wiper member is designated 9 and consists of a length of wire pivoted to a bracket 10, by being; looped about a i pivot 11 -mounted transversely on the bracket.

The ends of the wiper member are equipped with the tubular rubber casings for thecustomary purposes. [The bracket 10 is rformed with an "extension12bent to provide a seat -:t ree r thel were gnl n rtie r-ofth han l nnde clamping; Pl te 3 idienoeabl a-e eve. sa a nul r pe t ne thehandle-i p e t be sere d tigh v d wn her on y means .of t l -ian nn eenn tie wh r y th in r ,12 i firmly aattae e to the handle. TlflGDflI'tSlZ, l3 and l l are so readily displaceable and attachable that the, removal and attachment of the member 9 is .a matter of greatease.

Sometimes the inner ;.surface of a wvindhieldrbeceine covere by. m isture or othe obs ruction in erfering i th vi i v nd 11 der these conditions therelementudis. useful. .As ,a matterpfiact, the members 1 and 9 i may 1 be eharaeteriz dras main an aux l a y --wiper members for. the purposesof th sdeeee'rip io ea d th a ion of. the parts is she in view of the ioregoing statement 0f.i nv n ion a d p esent i n e theede ail deo struction.

Having thus describe-d myinvention what I claimas new ,and. desire, tosecnreby Letters ,Baten i 2 et aehmen V to Winds ie d c ear-e of the: type having a wiper V mounted for recipr c n r e th neut su face th w dshield r g ass-len an V-Qperating arm 0- .e te a iaee the, inne surface of: the, glass,

7 te to be rletachab v. applied to the. per ting arm, vand en ux iary pe carried by t acke n ve l relative th eto; s tha can adju itsel f prop engag men vWith he inne eurtee e l th W ndshiel glass; both sid of the w dshielt r-glaseb .1 1% ad pt-e e to t ,elee ed a th sam time when the a a hment is applie t the cleare 2.,An attaehn ent ate wz ndehieldtleare ,efsth typ h ving ev Wip eelelnentlmoun ,e ten r cip oc tion,. ve1i th en surface -.Q the inds ie .c glas and ,eperating emf-l cated adjacen thei neren feee o -t glass, ,said attachment. Colf lprising a bracket iple e, a clamping pla e, a screw. conn cting th br cke vplate and clamping pl te an a pte to held th in a rigid ngag men with ther -p r tingnarn and an a x lia y wiper carried by the blanket plate and adapted to engage the inner surface of the Windshield glass so that both sides of the glass can be cleared at the same time when the attachment is applied to the clearer.

3. An attachment for a Windshield clearer of the type having a Wiper mounted for re ciprocation over the outer surface of the Windshield glass and resilient means including an operating arm provided with a bearing member adapted to engage the inner surface of the glass, said attachment comprising a bracket adapted to be detachably applied to the operating arm, and an auxiliary Wiper carried by the bracket and pivotally connected thereto, so that it can adjust itself for engagement with the inner surface of the Windshield glass the bearing member of the operating arm being lifted away from the glass When the attachment is applied thereto so that the resilient means of the clearer will be utilized to hold the auxiliary Wiper in a yielding engagement with the windshield glass.

4. An attachment for a Windshield clearer of the type having a wiper element mounted for reciprocation over the outer surface of the windshield glass and a frame for holding the same in operative position on the Windshield the Windshield clearer being a complete entity and adapted to be used by itself to clear one side only of the glass, said attachment including an auxiliary Wiper adapted to engage the inner surface of the glass, and means for detachably connecting the auxiliary Wiper to the frame of the Windshield clearer, whereby both sides of the glass can be cleared at the same time When the attachment is used.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

SAMUEL C. WOLFE. 

